Are you looking for a great water filtration system for your home? Many people today are looking for better tasting water, or water that doesn’t have contaminants from aging city systems, and most don’t want to go to the expense, hassle, and waste of purchasing bottled water. Others are seeking out water softening systems to eliminate chlorine and minerals from their water systems that make soap less effective and leave behind deposits. Good water filtration can save you money, make you healthier, and deliver truly clean water to your home.
Most people think of drinking water first when they consider water filtration. Carbon or ceramic filters, reverse osmosis water filtration systems, and UV filtration are the most cost-effective home water filtration systems. All of these can eliminate bacteria and biological contaminants, and most of them filter out other contaminants as well.
The lowest level of filtration, and the least expensive, is the carbon filter. This is the sort of water filtration system that screws onto your faucet, clearing water by forcing it through layers of activated charcoal. Impurities stick to the carbon, remaining behind while clean water goes through. These filters need to be changed fairly often, as they lose effectiveness fairly quickly. Ceramic filters are similar, but use a layer of silicon diatomaceous earth instead of carbon.
UV filters work very differently; they use concentrated ultraviolet light to kill any biological impurities in the water, but don’t remove the debris. Industrial UV filters are used in hospitals, but when the same filters are used in private homes, they are usually part of a water filter system, and the debris is filtered out through some other means.
The most expensive, but most effective, filtration system is the reverse osmosis water filter. This remarkably effective water filtration system can remove salt from ocean water, and has no trouble removing almost every impurity from your tap water. Because the filtration system is slow, it uses a reservoir to store clean water under your sink. The best reverse osmosis systems include an activated carbon filter and a UV filter as well, ensuring you cleaner, better tasting drinking water than you’ll find in the best bottled water.
Recent studies have suggested that our water is overchlorinated, and not only does the chlorine interact poorly with your shampoo, it vaporizes and becomes chloroform gas in a steamy shower, a lung irritant that can exacerbate asthma or bronchitis. To eliminate this problem, many people install a shower filter, a device that attaches to the shower. Because carbon doesn’t work well with hot water, shower filters use metallic filters to attract chlorine and other impurities, and the water that comes out of your shower should be soft and pure. (The first thing you’ll probably notice is that you use much less soap for the same results.)
If you’re ready to commit to clean water, you can get a home water filtration system for your entire house that is connected at your main water intake and uses different types of filters to get rid of many contaminants before they even enter your house’s water system. If you know your pipes are in good shape, this can be a very good and cost-effective way of delivering healthful pure water to your family for use inside and out.
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